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Unfortunately, this doesn't get as much local media attention as it should: Mitsui Fudosan's project to redevelop Jingu Gaien, an area designated for mandated landscape preservation, has been approved by the Tokyo Metropolitan government.
The project includes
Even the Japan ICOMOS National Committee, an advisory body of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has called for an urgent overhaul. Yet, Tokyo governor Koike Yuriko has approved the project. Although the Tokyo Metropolitan government pledged to plant 979 trees to replace those zelkova, camphor and ginkgo trees slated to be cut down, the project has drawn a lot of flak. Last Monday, NHK aired a surprisingly critical chat show that had nothing good to say about the entire project.
American consultant Rochelle Kopp started a Change.org petition urging TMG to reconsider the development plans. Sign if you love trees more than shopping centres! I do, and I did.
What Tokyo doesn't need: more shopping centres.
From Mitsui Fudosan's project site
Here's the official project website of Mitsui Fudosan:
An animation depicting the planned "development":
Great project overview via Tokyo Weekender:
Yahoo News on the project:
The project includes
- the relocation of the Meiji Jingu stadium
- the relocation of the Chichibunomiya Rugby stadium
- the felling of 971 trees, some of which are over 100 years old
- the construction of a 190-metre tall skyscraper
- the construction of a shopping mall (!) and other commercial facilities
Even the Japan ICOMOS National Committee, an advisory body of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has called for an urgent overhaul. Yet, Tokyo governor Koike Yuriko has approved the project. Although the Tokyo Metropolitan government pledged to plant 979 trees to replace those zelkova, camphor and ginkgo trees slated to be cut down, the project has drawn a lot of flak. Last Monday, NHK aired a surprisingly critical chat show that had nothing good to say about the entire project.
American consultant Rochelle Kopp started a Change.org petition urging TMG to reconsider the development plans. Sign if you love trees more than shopping centres! I do, and I did.
What Tokyo doesn't need: more shopping centres.
From Mitsui Fudosan's project site
Here's the official project website of Mitsui Fudosan:
オープンスペース・賑わい
フェンスや堀で隔てられていた閉鎖的な空間をもっと開放的でオープンなにぎわいを生む空間に。オープンスペースの割合を広げ多くの人々が楽しめる開かれた庭園にします。
www.jingugaienmachidukuri.jp
An animation depicting the planned "development":
Great project overview via Tokyo Weekender:
Tokyo Approves Redevelopment of Historical Meiji Jingu Gaien Area
On February 9, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government approved a redevelopment plan of Meiji Jingu Gaien, an area designated for mandated landscape preservation.
www.tokyoweekender.com
Yahoo News on the project:
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